how the church turned inward..: “Shonnie Scott, one of the board members of Mustard Seed Associates, is writing a dissertation on how the ministry of the church has turned in on itself. Instead of providing for the needs of our neighbors (what she calls Kingdom Work), we have chosen to form structures and ministries that [...]
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how the church turned inward..
Posted in Bad Theology, Christianity, Church, Compassion, Consumer, Control, Culture, Institution, Institutionalism, Integrity, tagged Christian, Compassion. Politics, Integrity on Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor Prays for Obama’s Death
Posted in Angry, Bad Theology, Bigotry, Conflict, Control, Fear, Fundamentalism, Preaching, Violence, tagged Fundamentalism, Yanks on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are some unfunny clowns around….
Pastor Prays for Obama’s Death: “
[Fox News]
A Phoenix-area pastor has started to draw protesters to his congregation after he delivered a sermon titled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama,” and told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama’s death.
Pastor Steven Anderson stood by his sermon in an interview with MyFOXPhoenix, [...]
NON-VIOLENT ATONEMENT
Posted in Atonement, Bad Theology, Christianity, Christology, Consumer, Fear, Good Theology, Indecency, Injustice, Justice, Punishment, Restoration, Theology, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another article linked to my dislike to a permanent angry God. This time a contractual God…
Excellent article by Maggi Dawn
I see that Giles Fraser is getting a bit of stick both in blogland and tweetsville over his latest comments on Good Friday and Easter. He has claimed that the idea that sin is like a [...]
An objection to Anselm’s view on the Atonement – Penal Substitution
Posted in Bad Theology, Christology, Compassion, Crime, Evangelical, Good Theology, Holiness, Injustice, Justice, Law, Punishment, Restoration, Theology on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have commented at various times my objections to Penal Substitution, and have included articles within this blog about the same subject. Below is a continuation with some interesting comments to boot. Please look at the link below at Kingdom Grace. Some people can express themselves about the same subject and position far better than [...]
Boys in the hood: the fight for religion’s soul
Posted in Bad Theology, Christmas, Deception, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Holiness, Integrity, Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, Theology on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Esphigmenou monks of Mount Athos are battling against what they see as the ultimate heresy – religious unity
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article5840948.ece
Outside the church of St Antoni, a small domed chapel on the cliffs above Esphigmenou, a chilly grass snake struggles along a cold rock. From here, the monastery looks like a fortress, its sea-face a blank, [...]
God Calls Us to Mutual Care, Respect
Posted in Armed Forces, Bad Theology, Bigotry, Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Control, Culture, Fear, Judaism, Justice, Violence, War, Zionism on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brian McLaren has written a piece for his own blog. The full article can be found at both links.
and also can be found for the intended newspaper, The Washington Post
I’m sickened when I hear that a person’s religion makes him unwilling to let other human beings live in dignity and peace. I’m disgusted when [...]
Bad Theology…. Israel/Palestine
Posted in Bad Theology, Injustice, Integrity, National Disgrace, Politics, Theology, Violence, War on Saturday, January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amazing Photography of conflict.
Posted in Armed Forces, Bad Theology, Control, Crime, Culture, Danger, Disaster, Empire, Fundamentalism, Injustice, Integrity, Judaism, Justice, Law, Muslim, National Disgrace, Palestine, Violence, War on Saturday, January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some amazing/disturbing photographs at the following link:-
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/
Israeli children stand next to a house hit by a Palestinian rocket, December 28, 2008 in southern city of Netivot, Israel. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza yesterday, killing at least 140 Palestinians and wounding hundreds more. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty [...]
Good reasons why I DON’T CARRY OR LIKE GUNS…..
Posted in Bad Theology, Capital Punishment, Christianity, Conflict, Culture, Fear, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, National Disgrace, Violence, tagged Christian, Firearms, Guns on Thursday, January 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I subscribed to this blog a while back. There are many tensions here that I can’t attach to being a Christian way of life…. you may agree or disagree. I could change my title to ‘Why I never want to live in the USA’. Found at:-
The Upward Way Press
Why I Carry a Gun
I don’t know [...]
President of Iran delivers Channel 4 Christmas Message
Posted in Bad Theology, Christmas, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Deception, Empire, Fear, Fiction, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Indecency, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Muslim, National Disgrace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Urban Decay, Violence, War on Friday, December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Should we all suddenly be rather afraid? Channel 4 has invited the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver its alternative Christmas message. Our news story on this is now up. My first response was astonished incredulity that they could have done this. But on reading the message, it is clear there are even [...]
